Shade-holder.



R. S..BLYTH|NG.

SHADE HOLDER. APPLICATION-FILED nsc. 2'. me

WITNESSES Aer/40am Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

lllll/E/VIOR I 5%) Arman/Em ROBERT SHERMAN BLYTI-IING, 0F WALTON, NEW YORK.

SHADE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2', 1917.

Application filed. December 2, 1916. Serial No. 134,627.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT S. BLYTHING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of WValton, in. the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shade-Holder, of'which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a shade holder cheap in construction, and which may be conveniently adjusted to fit any window or door.

In connection with the shade holder, curtain brackets are provided which are also cheap in construction, and which may be readily mounted on the shade holder.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification, in which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawings, similar reference characters denote similar parts in all the views,

in which Figure 1 is a view illustrating the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 1s a perspective view looking from the general direction of the line 1-4 in Fig. 1.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that two fasteners 5 are provided, each of these fasteners 5 having a slot 6 in which a slide 7 is disposed, set screws 8 being provided by which means the slides 7 may be held in adjusted positions in the fasteners 5. The fasteners 5 are secured to a window or door frame by means of screws 9. The slides 7 have their ends 10 bent outwardly at right angles relatively to the body of the slides, these ends 10 being provided with openings 11 in which the ends of a shade roller 12 may be disposed, in the usual manner. It will be understood that inasmuch as the slides 7 are constructed of a piece of metal which is merely bent outwardly to provide the bent ends 10 in which the openings 11 are made, these slides may be manufactured at very little expense. It will also be understood that the brackets may be manufactured at little expense, these brack- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cent ets being preferably constructed of a flat piece of metal which is bent around dies to form the slot 6.

The curtain brackets 13 are also constructed from a fiat piece of metal, the arm 14 of each bracket being bent into the desired shape. Each of these brackets has a wing 15 extending at the side of its base, the wings 15 being bent at right angles to the base, which is referred to in the drawings as 16, and the upper portions 17 of the wings 15 being bent over and downwardly so that the wing will fit against the sides and at the top of the bent ends of the slides 7, and the base 16 of the brackets 13 will be disposed at the rear of the body of the slides. This construction is not only very cheap, but a bracket so constructed may be readily mounted on the slides 7 as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and when desired may be quickly removed therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In an article of the class described, a bracket for use on an angular support and having a wing at one side of its base, which is bent forwardly at an angle to the base, the upper portion of the wing being bent laterally and downwardly to form the wing into an inverted U spaced from the base.

2. In an article of the class described, a bracket for use on an angular support and having a wing at one side of its base, the upper portion of the wing being severed from the bracket and spaced therefrom, the wing being bent forwardly to a position at right angles to the base and the upper portion of the wing being bent laterally and downwardly for the purpose specified.

3. In combination with a shade fastener having a member bent at an angle, a bracket having a base disposed in the rear of the member at one side of the apex of the angle, a wing at the side of the base of the bracket disposed at an angle to the base and at the outer side of the member at the other side of the apex of theangle, the upper portion of the wing being bent down against the inner'side of the'member at the last mentioned side of the apex of the angle.

ROBERT SHERMAN BLYTHING.

5 each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

